Links 6-24 November 2013

• Veritas Egypt
  Bernard Kouchner attending what appears to be a pro-coup conference.
• EGCODS
  The latest in pseudo-NGO astroturf
• Questions on Drone Strike Find Only Silence - NYTimes.com
• Floundering in a mire of its own creation, the Saudi government is incapable of reform
• Why Egypt’s Army Is Bad At Doing Business
• Qaradawi’s War for Egypt
  By WINEP mufti David Schenker - good example of Lobby/Gulf shared interests.
• forced to walk through sewage | In Gaza
  Life in the Strip keeps getting worse.
• Libya: Rule of the gun - FT.com
• Syria: On the Way to Genocide? by Charles Glass | The New York Review of Books
  Charles Glass.
• Civil Society, Social Movements, and the Arab Uprisings of 2011 | Joel Beinin - Academia.edu
• The Rise and Fall of the Salafi al-Nour Party in Egypt
  Too early to speak of a fall, methinks.
• How Is Hamid Karzai Still Standing? - NYTimes.com
  Dalrymple.
• Arming Egypt - Le Monde diplomatique
  On US-Egypt arms sales, and Russia.
• John Kerry Defies the White House on Egypt Policy
  ..and decides not to mention the Morsi trial or anything else awkward
• Close-Up on the Muslim Brotherhood's Grassroots Work
  A documentary about the way the group forms its followers
• Why I Can No Longer Stand Egypt's Health Industry.
  The cri du coeur of a young doctor
• Egyptian Chronicles: Bassem Youssef ends his contract with #CBC
  Where are all the defenders of freedom of expression that rallied around Youssef when he clashed with the MB?
• So, how long have you been harassing women like this?
  Radio journalist just goes ahead and interviews guy harassing her in Cairo
• «الطب الشرعي»: حصيلة قتلى رابعة 377 حالة بينها 11 تم «حرقها» بعد الوفاة - بوابة الشروق
  Forensic Medical Authority says 377 killed in Rabaa, 726 total nationwide
• US blocks publication of Chilcot’s report on how Britain went to war with Iraq - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
  Report details conversations between Blair and Bush in lead-up to war
• Organ Trade Thrives Among Desperate Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
• More arrests for homosexual conduct in Egypt
  Part of the army's weird and expanding policing of public morals?
• Egypt’s secular parties hampered by disorganization, infighting - The Washington Post
  Utterly bankrupt
• Observations on the identity amendments to the Egyptian constitution | openDemocracy
  Nader Bakkar of the Nour Party.
• Putting Egypt’s Coup on Trial » CounterPunch
  Interesting details on Morsi trial.
• Morocco’s Growing Cannabis Debate - By James Roslington and Jason Pack | The Middle East Channel
• The Brotherhood’s Bind - By Michael Wahid Hanna
  Argues MB "lack the moral authority to sustain a broad-based movement of non-violent protest"
• Coup d’état versus révolution | SN
  Bleak analysis of Egypt [Fr]
• That’s Blasphemy — The Nib  — Medium
  On cartoons and religious censorship in Egypt.
• In Libya, The Militias Rule While Government Founders
  Leila Fadel reports on the near-anarchy in Libya
• Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap
  At least 30 journalists being held by armed groups
• Keeping Yemen's Lights On | The Majalla Magazine
  Attacks on power grid leave Yemenis in the dark
• Will Yasser Arafat poisoning report derail Middle East peace talks?
  Swiss report strongest evidence yet Palestinian leader was killed
• My 'casting-off the veil' story
  An honest personal account, and a critique of the politicization of veiling
• Saudi police in Riyadh clash with migrant workers
  Protests and deaths as new labour law is applied, forcing millions to leave
• The Army of Islamic State of Libya: Derna’s mystery militia | Libya Herald
  Kind of funny interview.
• 'I saw Ettehadiya unfold': Q&A with former justice minister Ahmed Mekky
• Russian defense minister to visit Cairo next week
• Is Al-Qaeda a Threat to Moroccan Stability? - Sada
• Being Brotherhood | Mada Masr
  Spouses of imprisoned MB.
• Round Two to Arafat | MERIP
  Arafat killed by Polonium poisoning - who delivered it?
• Options for exporting Israeli gas - FT.com
• East Libya autonomy movement launches government, challenges Tripoli - World News
  More trouble